TGF Edward

Introducing .... Edward.


I made this card for my niece as I FINALLY tracked down a Twilight T-Shirt for her (Chapters at Pinecrest if anyone is looking). I just have to get it in the mail for her.

For this card I used the Sketch for Challenge 43 over at The Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge.

Edward (yes THAT Edward) is from The Greeting Farm's Wild Sprouts Collection. Now, I must confess, I have NOT read the Twilight Books and I have NOT seen the movie. I HAVE got three of the books, borrowed from the tween-age daughters of my dear friend, Dorothy. I'll start them as soon as I finish Brisingr. But I digress....

sooo...I have no real reference point for colouring Edward. I just pulled out some Prismacolors and went to work -- kinda from the photo on the shirt.

I also finally cracked open my Core'dinations Hocus Pocus Black Magic Paper I got at Heather's Stamping Haven some time ago (yes, I horde my paper). I used my new Spellbinder's Borderabilities "In Spades" to create a nice (I think) effect by cutting and embossing a strip and then lightly sanding it to reveal the red core. I then took the cut-outs and re-inserted them with the red side facing out -- the card just needed a little -- more. Well, that and I didn't like the way the background papers were peeking through the cut-outs.

So...how did I do with Edward? Does he pass muster with the Twilight fans out there?

Rest of the card details:

finished size: 5x5 inches

Paper:
Coredinations Black Magic Hocus Pocus (1.75 x 6 inch strip, 3 x 4 inch for oval)
Blingy Striped -- I forget the manufacturer (3.5 x 4.5 inch)
Black with metallic dots -- from my stash - from Costco I think ( 4.75 inch square)

Ink:
Memento Tuxedo Black
ColorBox Silver
PrismaColor Pencils: 938, 1068, 1069, 1083, 935, 997, 945, 1082, 1023, 1025

Tools:
Cuttlebug
Spellbinders Nestabilities Small and Large Ovals
Spellbinders Borderabilities In Spades

Happy Birthday from Rupert

So after taking it exceptionally easy yesterday -- I think I was feeling a little under the weather due to a mild allergic reaction and had a TWO HOUR NAP in the middle of the afternoon, I got myself organized in terms of things I needed to do and this little card is the first of those tasks.



Isn't Rupert (from the Doodlefactory Line by StarvingArtistamps) cute? Those of you familiar with Rupert know that he is actually carrying a flower on the stamp but I switched that out for a nummy cupcake to make this into a birthday card for a friend of ours. Rupert is coloured with Prismacolor Pencils blended with Taltine. Dimensionals have been used to pop him up. The image panels were cut with a mix of small and large circle nestabilities.

This card actually works for a couple of card challenges this week. I am using this sketch from the Secret Craft Saturday Challenge. I decided that with the patterned paper I used for the background that I should keep the rectangular panel plain - I simply embossed it with a Cuttlebug folder that mimics the paper.

And since this is a BIRTHDAY card, it is also great for the Whimsy Stamps Challenge this week to make something for a birthday!

And here are the particulars for this card:

finished size: 6 x 6 inches
Patterned Paper: Basic Grey - Archaic (Relic) 5.75 x 5.75 inches
Card Stock: Bazzil Basics Mud Pie: 6 x 12 inches (card base), 2 x 5 inches, various mats
Bazzil Basics Safari: 1.75 x 4.75 inches, various mats
White: image panel and stamped image bases
Prismacolor Pencil Colours: 940, 946, 925, 941, 909, 1005
CTMH inks: Black, Chocolate, New England Ivy
Stamps: StarvingArtistamps: DoodleFactory - Rupert
CTMH: Annotations (D1307)
embellishments: dew drops, ribbon

SASMR1 - Mother's Day

Over at Stamps and Smiles they are previewing their new release all week and are hosting sketch challenges each day as well.

For the SASMR1 sketch, I made these two VERY similar cards for two of the Mom's I know.
The first is for my sister.


This second one is for my dearly beloved's step-mother.

Both cards use the same papers from CTMH (from the Key to My Heart promo). The circles were cut with my nestabilities using my cuttlebug. One card has a slightly larger set of circles as I used two different Verve sentiment stamps and one was bigger than the other, requiring a bigger set of circles. The flowers I picked up at Zellers - $1 for 4 of them. Not too bad since they are two layer flowers, with a brad and a sticky dimensional on the back.

The cards also fit challenge 30 Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge and Challenge 29 at the Cuttlebug Spot and the day 65 challenge over at 365 Cards.